Automobile running-gear.



' l G. W. DUERRSTEN.

AUTOMOBILE RUNIIING GEAR. APPLIOATIQN, FILED IUNB 2o, 1911.

1,064,623 Patented June 10, 1913.`

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`Specification of Application led .T une 20,

1 ,ocaoaa To all ttf/tom z 'z may concern.

Be 1t known that I, CHRISTIAN W. DUERR- s'rmN, a'ci'tizen of the United States, residing at Guilford, in the county of lo Daviess l and State of Illinois, have invented new and 'useful Improvements in Automobile RunllillgfGale, of which the following is a specification. 'y

This inventionvrlates to certain novel and useful improvements in motor vehicle running gear,

In carrying out my invent-ion, it is my purpose, to provide a simple and eicient form 0f running gear which is applicable for use in connectionwith all types and Styles of motor vehicles, from the largest transportation trucks to small passenger vehicles.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide an improved running gear which will increase the frictional contact of the wheels with the ground and thereby diminish the liability of the machine skidding.

With the above recited objects and others of asimilar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination `and arrangement of parts, lset forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is ,V an enlarged detail sectional View of the knuckle and a portion of the end of one of the axles and also illustrating the construction of the hub securing the spokes of the wheel. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, taken through the knuckle on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the ring of the knuckle to which the swiveled end of the axle is connected. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View of the cup bearing carried by the tubular sleeve of the front shaft.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the letter a indicates the forward wheel of a motor driven vehicle, while the numeral l designates the tubular front. axle. As both ends of the forward axle are of similar construction, it is thought that a showin and description of one of such ends will su 'ce for both. Each end of the front axle is rovided with an enlarged cup-member 6 ormed with perforated lugs 7 between which and the body of the cup, the ends 8, 8 of the yoke 9 of the axle lOare inserted, while 11 indicates bolts or pms Iptters Patent. Patented June 10,' 1913. 1911. serial No. 634,229.

adapted to connect the yoke to the lugs, thus,

it will be seen that the axle at its ends is Il provided with a pivoted section.

l2 designates the hub of the wheel which 1s tapered inwardly toward its enlarged end 13 to conform to the taper of the axle skein, while lll designates the spokes of the wheel lheld in position by means of the circula? plate 15-15, while 16 indicates the bolts for the spokes and 17 is a cap at the end of the axle. The front drive shaft of the j machine is shown at 18 and extends through the tubular axle, said shaft at each of its ends being provided with an oil cup 19, designed to lie within the adjacent cup of the axle, said oil cup being` preferably swelled as at 20 for the reception of a quantity of 2l designates a ring' swiveled at 22 within the oil cup while 23 indicates a yoke having the arms 23a` extended into the slots 23b formed between the sides of the ring and the central bar 23, the latter being slotted longitudinally as at 28d for the passage of the swiveled pin 23B or other means by which the ring is swiveled in the cup, the ends of the arms of the yoke being pivoted at 24: to the ring, said yoke being formed at one end of the shaft 25, which thus forms a continuation of the power shaft through the universal joint y'ust described, the end of asat 26 and rojected through the rectangular recess 2i) in the end of the hub, while 28 is a nut threaded onto the end of the shaft 25. v

.It will be seen that I have provided an eficient form of running gear which is adaptable for all types or motor vehicles andv while I have herein shown and described one particular embodimentof my invention by wayv of illustration, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details of constructionas herein set forth, as modification and variation 'spirit of the invent-ion or exceeding the scope of the appended claim.

I claim In a vehicle running gear, the combination with a front axle, of a cup carried at the end of the axle, a shaft extending through the axle, a cup at the end of the shaft and disposed Within the first-menmay be made without departing from the said shaft 25 being square in cross section f I tioned cup, a ring within the last-mentioned l1@ through en opening in the skein of the axle.

cup and provided with a plurality of spaced parallel bars, a yoke swiveled to the bars, a swivel pin passing through the said ring and disposed between the bars and a terminating in the inner cup member, and a shaft connected to the yoke and projecting CHRISTIAN W. DUERRSTEIN.

Witnesses:

FRANK T. SEEEAN, THos. J. SHEEAN. 

